The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-08
THE DOOMED SEVEN.
FOUR DYNAMITE BOMBS UN0 IN DE-
fANT LDSGGs CELL
y.,u,t. Oucof the win Nut, Attempts
suicide by the Lnuhnnum it'utc
lie Admits cunt.

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'hi'o poN'o7 i''"" ~ -
LiDRg q cell yesterday, were pihceu IL
Tho hands Of Captain ochasck fol
examination and that officer report.
.,nt tbev enpoar 10 be dcsignec
or u.e hy same of the condcmneo
man es ayeuts at self destruction
Jo eoid ,lev ALTERED materially in
uaknnn from an. ne had before eX
e,niund and that he would be willing
10 hnvo ono of them exploded in an
adininio,> room. ~ they could not do
dn,no,,n "a surr1undinr4. Tho bombs
,vnrn made for the destruction OF
overytbin0 with which their trag
rrnis tui5bt come in contact Had
tho .hcIi. been made Of lcad, zinc and
ontimouv. the pieces of which would
ny In every direction when they *
uiodcd. 30 that blood POI Jniug was
certain TO set in wherever n wound
yyn- made. The tour mo. were
made of ordinary five DLnth- iuch
vas pipc. which. Instead of exploding,
would s:rvcihc purpose of Gun OAre
rel. ON one end OF each were liked
"a cap ana tusc, while the other end
ontaiucd small bolts that woud lily
out AS bullets from gun from the
lorce created by the plosion OF the
cap. From his knowledge cf the
method otmakin9 bombs tor various
uirpOsr-. CAptiu .chaaCk gave il ~
hi. opinion that the bombs found in
tjnOa. ..,pI were Intended only ss
.noan- Of cheating the gallowa 1t
WAS doubtless the intention OF llngg,
as well as Of The other three, to put
one end of the bomb in his mouth and
ight the fuse Just rs he would cigar
Before hearing the result of Captain
~chaAck's examination Sheriff Mat
ION and some OF his deputies hgd
reached similar conclusioLs The
sheriff said the'fact that thcrewere four
oC the bombs seemed u reminder
ihst four of the condemned
men had refused to ak
for commuatlon of .ntcncc. Not
Tho ioast remarkable phase of the
boub discovery is that it came about
from tie iact that George Engcl at
tempted suicide Saturday night by
ihhing an ounce of laudnuum. A bout |
1850 O 'clcck Emil /)elcr. who is on .
the dcuth watch. passed lngcl'- cell
and Was attracted by groans coming
from Within. ON stopping TO inquire
the cause be- found Eugol breathing
heavily Wl lying PROSTATE Oh his
back. llo called him by name but re
ciypd no answer, aud on opening the
"A door discovered mat The man was
and suffering from the
rllects OF some stupciying drug AZ
ter repeated attempts to awaken the
sleeping man, /oencr became
aud decided to Call
in DE t,rsy from the
insane ward, in the same building
Dr, Gray soon discovered that Eugcl
was suilcrlug from poison. lis eyes
" ere dilated and rolled pasmodiCll-
ly. The doctor at once commenced
active work ON his patient. AS soon
"s tnRcl came 10 ms senses ne raVeu
Nnn '"isG" a. 49, ,n ran m,a,U, 'Tu 81, NJ n,'
nv, aanni'onnJ ",'t' IIo nrnto.toI ,I,o, IA
,,a1 nnI, ,iru,L Ii,tln whisly onI
,,,". ,' A. .1 yi,,h, IN" cnndjtion .,,d .nI
snnrn,,, ayonie sbnv,od that I,,a,nl ,yas
I,.ing o,,I tbat,n ihn toro
- iDo'T ~. va. E T,rcna,lntat n on,oiio,
md pomt constantlv walL,ng rnr nm
,'n,,. 'l ',n oI Ion,,nI had mossod
mo attom,tnL snir 40 of FnooI i
,,hst ,"aJ ,n thn snorch or tho 7cnIIs
l,".;dn. disrnvnrv of thn nombs tbnro
,yos fo.nnd an e,Hnt, hottIn in EnreI,s
,oIi from wLi,h ho bad taken Jsnda,
Iun. Three or four drops of lauda-
mum still rcmainlag In thc bottle ana
tnGci was confronted with evidence
# his intended suicide. lie continued
10 deny but at last sullenly admitted ,,
no truth of the acquisition. lie hsd
preferred death by his own hand, he
aid, to any carving oul OF tno sens
ence under the law. fugel stubborn ,,
y refused to disclose now he obtained
be poison. The bottle affords no
'Iue and like IinggN dynamite the
ource OF po''esslon is my 9Iery
SURE ENoU an DYNAMITE.
CuIcAoo. Now Sheriff Mstsou !
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